X-23 Vol 4 1

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The Five in One, together again.

-- Celeste Cuckoo

Appearing in "Two Birthdays and Three Funerals"

Featured Characters:

• X-23 (Laura Kinney) (Main story and origin in recap) (Returns as X-23)

Supporting Characters:

• Honey Badger (Gabby Kinney)
• Beast (Hank McCoy)
• Jonathan the Unstoppable

Antagonists:

• Numerous unnamed genetic smugglers (Only appearance)

Other Characters:

• The Facility (Recap)
  • Dr. Zander Rice (Recap)
  • Dr. Sarah Kinney (Photo in main story and appears in recap)
  • Dr. Helen Marks (First appearance) (Controlled by Stepford Cuckoos)
• Alchemax (Recap)
• The Sisters (Mentioned)
  • X23_3PAR (Mentioned) (Deceased)
  • Bellona (X23_1BEL) (Referenced)
  • Zelda (X23_2ZEL) (Mentioned) (Deceased)
  • Six other unnamed girls (Mentioned) (Deceased)
• Numerous unnamed New Yorkers
• Wham! (First appearance; poster) (Topical reference)
• X-Men
  • Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Statue)
  • Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Painting)
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Painting)
  • Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Painting)
  • Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Painting)
  • Wolverine (Logan) (Painting)
  • Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Painting)
  • Rogue (Anna Marie LeBeau) (Painting)
  • Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Painting)
  • Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) (Painting)
  • Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Painting)
  • Student body
    • Five in One (Stepford Cuckoos) (Main story and flashback)
      • Celeste Cuckoo (Main story and flashback)
      • Phoebe Cuckoo (Main story and flashback)
      • Mindee Cuckoo (Main story and flashback)
      • Sophie Cuckoo (Main story and flashback) (Returns; death in main story and recap)
      • Esme Cuckoo (Main story and flashback) (Returns; death in recap)
    • Numerous unidentified others
  • Phoenix ("Jean Grey") (Painting)
  • Emma Frost (Recap)
• Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Painting)
• Tyler Kirch (First appearance; poster in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans (Main story and recap)
• Mutants (Main story and flashback)
• Abstract Entities (Painting)
• Wolverines

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • The Facility (Recap)
  • Alchemax Genetics Laboratory (Recap)
  • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
    • New York (Main story and flashback)
      • New York City (Main story and recap)
        • Manhattan (Main story and as New Genosha in recap)
          • Central Park
            • Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach
          • Marvel Falafel (First appearance)
          • Roosevelt Island
            • Gabby Kinney's Apartment
          • Midtown (Recap)
            • Fifth Avenue (Recap)
          • Abandoned church (First appearance)
        • Queens (Painting)
          • Jamaica Bay (Painting)
      • Westchester County (Only in flashback)
        • North Salem (Only in flashback)
          • Salem Center (Only in flashback)
            • Xavier Institute (Only in flashback)
    • Florida (Painting)
      • Cape Citadel (Painting)

Items:

• Adamantium (On X-23's claws)
• X-23's Suit
• Honey Badger's Suit
• X-Uniforms
• Magneto's Helmet (Painting)
• Cyclops' Visor (Painting)
• Wolverine's Suit (Painting and photo)
• Cerebro (Mentioned)
• Muramasa Shield
• Cerebra (Mentioned)

Events:

• Riot at Xavier's (Recap)
• Planet X (Recap)
  
  

Synopsis for "Two Birthdays and Three Funerals"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Solicit Synopsis

Cloned from a warrior, raised as a killer, Laura Kinney has gone through hell and come out the other side a hero. After a stint as the All-New Wolverine, she returns to her roots as X-23 to make sure no one ever has to go through the horrors she did. With her sister Gabby and their pet Jonathan in tow, X-23 forges her own destiny in this new series by Mariko Tamaki (HULK, HUNT FOR WOLVERINE: CLAWS OF A KILLER) and Juann Cabal (ALL-NEW WOLVERINE, ELEKTRA).

See Also

• 28 Image(s) from X-23 Vol 4 1
• 2 Reprints of X-23 Vol 4 1
  

Recommended Reading

• X-23 #1-6
• All-New Wolverine #1-6
• New X-Men #118-150

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